Trail Conditions
Moose River Plains Ride: Update 1/10/16
Moose River Plains: Crazy Cal stopped at my workplace on Saturday, desperate to have somebody ride with him through Moose River Plains. Since I hadn’t had a “real ride” yet this year, I reluctantly agreed to ride Saturday evening. There was enough skank along the side of the road to make it from the Brown’s […]
Snow Conditions: Update 1/4/16
Finally! We have gotten our first bona-fide arctic blast of the season with temperatures falling to zero at the ilsnow storm center this morning. Lakes are starting to crust over with ice. Temperatures will head well below zero tonight, which is another step in the right direction. At present, snow cover ranges from around 6 […]
Snow Update 1/1/16
UPDATE 1/2/16 3:15PM: The blowdown previously reported 12 miles into Moose River Plains has been cleared! The lake effect snows didn’t do much around Indian Lake until Friday evening, when we got 1-2 inches of snow in a very short time. Western Adirondack cams showed that at least several inches had accumulated in Old Forge and Inlet. […]
Snow (and sleet) Day! Update 12/29/15
We ended up with nearly 4 inches of snow/sleet mash Monday night into Tuesday morning. Then we put a nice icy crust on it Tuesday afternoon. For once, some cold air was around to put up resistance to the warm side of a storm. This snow isn’t the sexy powder we love to ride. But […]
Winter, finally here! Update 12/19/15
UPDATE 12/20 AM: Indian Lake ended up with 2-3 inches of snow. Get reports of about a foot in Old Forge. I suspect that Moose River Plains got amounts in between. But with lake effect fluff on no-base, it’s your call as to whether you want to try it. We have finally gotten our first true […]
